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Dr. Stephen Wills joins Colorado Plains Medical Center

This fall, Colorado Plains Medical Center (CPMC) will be welcoming a new family medicine physician to its medical team.

Dr. Stephen Wills will provide outpatient health and medical services to all members of the family including annual physicals, well baby and well child checks, preventive medicine, immunizations, allergy and asthma management, flu care and more.

"We are pleased to welcome Dr. Wills to Fort Morgan to practice at Colorado Plains Medical Center," stated Gene O'Hara, CEO of CPMC. "Family medicine is a growing need in our community, and Dr. Wills' training at the University of Colorado has given him a great breadth of experience in a wide range of areas that people in our community need. Additionally, his focused research and concentration in rural medicine during medical school will provide him additional insight to the health care needs for adults and pediatric patients in Morgan County."

Wills is a graduate of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he made the Dean's List for several semesters. He was also awarded the Williams College Scholar Athlete Award and the Williams College Tony Plansky Scholarship. He graduated from the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

He joins the CPMC medical staff following a three-year residency in family medicine at Tacoma Family Medicine in Tacoma, Washington. During residency, Wills volunteered as a medical provider at the Tacoma Neighborhood Free Clinic for the Uninsured. He also conducted research for a review article on The Effectiveness of the Shingles Vaccination in Older Adults.

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In addition to a year studying abroad in Mongolia during his undergraduate college tenure, Wills also spent three years in the U.S. Peace Corps in Malawi as a secondary school science teacher and science teacher trainer.

As an avid athlete realizing the health benefits and personal growth and enjoyment that comes through participation in sports, Wills served as a Disabled Cycling Team Crew Member for disabled athletes during the week-long 2005 and 2006 Bicycle Tours of Colorado and the 2007 off-road Handcycling Championships.

His wife, Bela Mohapatra, is also a family medicine physician and will join the Salud Clinic staff this fall. Both family medicine physicians are looking forward to being a part of the Fort Morgan community.

Wills began seeing patients at his office at Colorado Plains Medical Group on the campus of CPMC in early October. Appointments may be scheduled by calling 970-542-4390.

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